Bilingual E&D Lead — Capital Projects (Pharma)

FITS LLC; Añasco (PR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

FITS LLC is seeking an Engineering & Design Lead to support a portfolio of capital, facility, and manufacturing projects at the Añasco site. You will lead multidisciplinary design coordination across architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, automation, and related disciplines, ensuring conformance with cGMP/GEP and applicable standards.

You will guide early project definition, coordinate RFPs, and drive design reviews with an emphasis on constructability, safety, and SDP

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or a related technical discipline.
• Fully bilingual in Spanish and English.
• Experience leading design activities for capital projects in regulated manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of cGMP/GEP, NFPA, ASME standards and permitting requirements.
• Experience coordinating design deliverables from early scope through construction documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide E&D Lead support for a portfolio of capital, facility, infrastructure, and manufacturing projects at the Añasco site.
• Lead multidisciplinary design coordination across architectural, civil, structural, mechanical/HVAC, process utilities, electrical, automation, fire protection, IT/OT, and related disciplines.
• Support early project definition, including scoping, URB, feasibility studies, concept development, and capital planning.
• Coordinate AE RFP development and governance through Basis of Design (BOD), construction documents, and design execution.
• Lead design reviews and ensure alignment with cGMP/GEP requirements, engineering standards, SDPs, and IDEA deliverables.
• Maintain an integrated design governance tracker covering deliverables, actions, decisions, risks, design gaps, and issue closure.
• Assess project readiness and identify gaps in URB, Concept, BOD, and other design-development stages.
• Coordinate design interfaces among project management, site stakeholders, engineering disciplines, AE partners, vendors, and construction teams.
• Support projects involving manufacturing relocations, automation, process equipment, utilities, infrastructure, and facility-condition improvements.
• Ensure designs consider material, personnel, and waste flows as well as constructability, operability, maintainability, EHS, and sustainability requirements.
• Monitor SDP compliance and tailor IDEA deliverables according to Alpha, Beta, or Gamma project requirements.
• Provide design-related construction support, technical issue resolution, document coordination, and review-by-exception throughout project execution.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish/English

Leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Regulated manufacturing

cGMP/GEP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management

Tools

Teams

SharePoint

OneNote

Bluebeam

Autodesk/ACC

Job description

FITS LLC is seeking an Engineering & Design Lead to support a portfolio of capital, facility, and manufacturing projects at the Añasco site. You will lead multidisciplinary design coordination across architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, automation, and related disciplines, ensuring conformance with cGMP/GEP and applicable standards.

You will guide early project definition, coordinate RFPs, and drive design reviews with an emphasis on constructability, safety, and SDP